General Motors goes non-union

[TKshreve]

Going Non-Union
GM's Northern Strategy

By AL BENCHICH

The “reinvention� of the “New GM� has begun with the opening of a lithium-ion battery plant in Brownstown, Michigan, near Detroit. The event was remarkable not only because the Brownstown plant signals GM’s return to the production of an electric vehicle but also because, for the first time in about 30 years, GM has opened a non-union plant in the U.S.

The new plant is funded in part by taxpayer dollars, and GM is not rehiring any of the thousands of UAW members who were laid off when their plants closed—despite union promises that workers’ concessions on pay, benefits, and speed of work would save GM and were their only chance for job security.

http://www.counterpunch.com/benchich02242010.html

Gee, and I thought they were kicking off the "New GM" by throwing Toyota to the wolves?

Now who here feels there is a correlation between The Fed's recent partial acquisistion of GM -and- the lightning fast depositions of Toyota's Executives?

While I give a full hat tilt to our Government for diligently following up on this matter regarding to safety; you still can not deny that Toyota's woes will help out goverments personal pocketbook. Slam dunk move. Sorry to hijack.